Consists of two 16-CPU-core nodes interconnected via infiniband. The parallel computing on the cluster is done using Message Passing Interface (MPI). The cluster has 750GB raid storage system.
#1
Comparative Planetology Linux Engine
CPU: Eight AMD Opteron 865
(dual core 1.8GHz -- 16 CPU cores total)
Memory: 24GB
Local Disk Space: ~250GB total
#2
CPU: Eight AMD Opteron 8212
(dual core 2GHz -- 16 CPU cores total)
Memory: 24GB
Local Disk Space: ~250GB total
EPIC Atmospheric Model
The Explicit Planetary Isentropic-Coordinate (EPIC) atmospheric model is a general circulation model (GCM) used to study the dynamics and thermodynamics of planetary atmospheres.
The latest version of the EPIC Atmospheric model may be downloaded from NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS) Atmospheres node.